Triomphante-class corvette-cannonière

Class overview
NameTriomphante
Operators French Navy
Preceded byFoudre-class corvette-canonnières
In commission1804–1826
Completed4
Lost1
Retired3
General characteristics [1]
TypeCorvette-canonnière
Displacement261 ton (French)
Tons burthen170 (bm)
Length27.28 m (89 ft 6 in) (overall); 24.93 m (81 ft 9 in) (keel)
Beam6.82 m (22 ft 5 in)
Draught2.92 m (9 ft 7 in)
Depth of hold2.71 m (8 ft 11 in)
PropulsionSail
Complement80
Armament4 × 24-pounder long guns
ArmourTimber

The Triomphante class was a class of four small corvettes (described as "corvette-canonnières") built for the French Navy, designed by Jean-Francois Chaumont as a follow-on to the Foudre-class corvette-canonnières (which had been designed by engineer Jean Tupinier to transport Napoleon himself and his general officers and staff during the planned invasion of England).[2] Two of the Triomphante-class were built by Jean Tupinier himself at Le Havre, and two by Jean-Louis Pestel at Honfleur. The vessels were flush-decked and designed to carry a battery of four 24-pounder guns.[3]

Triomphante class (4 ships)

  • Triomphante
Builder: Le Havre Naval Dockyard
(constructed under Jean Tupinier)
Begun: December 1803
Launched: 5 April 1804
Completed: May 1804
Fate: Broken up at Rochefort in July 1826.
  • Décidée
Builder: Jean-Louis Pestel, Honfleur
Begun: December 1803
Launched: 11 April 1804
Completed: May 1804
Fate: Seized at Antwerp by the Dutch in May 1814.
  • Vaillante
Builder: Jean-Louis Pestel, Honfleur
Begun: December 1803
Launched: 11 April 1804
Completed: May 1804
Fate: Seized at Antwerp by the Dutch in May 1814.
  • Heureuse
Builder: Le Havre Naval Dockyard (constructed under Jean Tupinier)
Begun: December 1803
Launched: 20 April 1804
Completed: May 1804
Fate: Probably burnt by the French at the evacuation of Willemstad, North Brabant in December 1813.

Notes

Citations

  1. ^ Winfield and Roberts (2015), pp. 180-181.
  2. ^ Winfield and Roberts (2015), pp. 180-181.
  3. ^ Winfield and Roberts (2015), pp. 180-181.

References

  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671–1870. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
  • Winfield, Rif & Stephen S Roberts (2015) French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786 - 1861: Design Construction, Careers and Fates. (Seaforth Publishing). ISBN 9781848322042
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